Federally Mandated Exclusions From Income-Updated Listing, 28938-28940 [2014-11688]

Download as PDF emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES 28938 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 97 / Tuesday, May 20, 2014 / Notices Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery. OMB Number: 1651–0136. Abstract: The information collection activity will garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the Administration’s commitment to improving service delivery. By qualitative feedback we mean information that provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but are not statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be generalized to the population of study. This feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences and expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service, or focus attention on areas where communication, training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and actionable communications between the Agency and its customers and stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement of program management. Feedback collected under this generic clearance will provide useful information, but it will not yield data that can be generalized to the overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative information will not be used for quantitative information collections that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such data uses require more rigorous designs that address: the target population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame, the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data collection, and any testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior fielding the study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely to have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for other generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative results. Current Actions: This submission is being made to extend the expiration date with no change to the burden hours. Type of Review: Extension (without change). Affected Public: Individuals and businesses. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:09 May 19, 2014 Jkt 232001 Estimated Number of Respondents: 60,000. Annual Frequency of Response: 1. Estimated Time per Response: 13 minutes. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 13,000 hours. Dated: May 14, 2014. Tracey Denning, Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. [FR Doc. 2014–11572 Filed 5–19–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9111–14–P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–5741–N–01] Federally Mandated Exclusions From Income—Updated Listing Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: HUD’s regulations provide for HUD to periodically publish in the Federal Register a notice that lists amounts specifically excluded by any Federal statute from consideration as income for purposes of determining eligibility or benefits in a HUD program. HUD last published a notice that listed Federally mandated exclusions from consideration of income on December 14, 2012. This notice replaces the previously published version adds a new exclusion, includes an inadvertent omission, and corrects two previously listed exclusions. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the Rent Supplement, section 236, and Project-based section 8 programs administered under 24 CFR parts 880, 881, and 883 through 886: Yvette Viviani, Director, Housing Assistance Policy Division, Office of Housing Assistance and Grant Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 6138, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number 202–708–3000. For other section 8 programs administered under 24 CFR part 882 (Moderate Rehabilitation) and under part 982 (Housing Choice Voucher), and the Public Housing Programs: Shauna Sorrells, Director, Office of Public Housing Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4206, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number 202–402– 2769, or the Public and Indian Housing SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Information Resource Center at 1–800– 955–2232. For Indian Housing Programs: Rodger Boyd, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Native American Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4126, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number 202–401– 7914. With the exception of the telephone number for the PIH Information Resource Center, these are not toll-free numbers. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access these numbers via TTY by calling the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877– 8339 or by visiting https:// federalrelay.us/ or https:// www.federalip.us/. Please note: Members of the public who are aware of other federal statutes that require any benefit not listed in this notice to be excluded from consideration as income in these programs should submit information about the statute and the benefit program to one of the persons listed in the ‘‘FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT’’ section above. Members of the public may also submit this information to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410–0500. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under several HUD programs (Rent Supplement under 24 CFR 200.1303 (although loans in existence immediately before May 1, 1996, continue to be governed by 24 CFR part 215 (1995 ed.)); Mortgage Insurance and Interest Reduction Payment for Rental Projects under 24 CFR part 236; section 8 Housing Assistance programs; Public Housing programs), the definition of income excludes amounts of other benefits specifically excluded by federal law. Background In certain HUD-subsidized housing programs, annual income is a factor in determining eligibility and the level of benefits. Annual income is broadly defined as the anticipated total income from all sources received by every family member. Federal statutes that require certain income sources be disregarded as income are universally applicable to all HUD programs where income is a factor in determining eligibility and benefits. Other Federal statutes specify that income exclusions are specific to certain HUD programs. As directed by various statutes, HUD excludes from consideration of income certain types of benefits from E:\FR\FM\20MYN1.SGM 20MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 97 / Tuesday, May 20, 2014 / Notices applicants’ and participants’ annual income, as listed in 24 CFR 5.609, this notice, or otherwise specified by statute. emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES Changes to the Previously Published List HUD last published in the Federal Register a notice of Federally mandated exclusions from income on December 14, 2012, at 77 FR 74496. Today’s notice replaces the previously published version by adding a new exclusion, including an inadvertent omission, and correcting two previously listed exclusions: (1) Adds exclusion of any amounts in an ‘‘individual development account’’ as provided by the Assets for Independence Act, as amended in 2002 (Pub. L. 107–110, 42 U.S.C. 604(h)(4)), listed as exclusion (xxiv); (2) Includes previously omitted exclusion of any allowance paid under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 1833(c) to children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida (38 U.S.C. 1802–05), children of women Vietnam veterans born with certain birth defects (38 U.S.C. 1811–16), and children of certain Korean service veterans born with spina bifida (38 U.S.C. 1821)), listed as exclusion (xvi); (3) Clarifies the criteria for Section 8 participants for exclusion (viii); and (4) Corrects the timeline of exclusion (xxiii) for settlements payments pursuant to the case entitled Elouise Cobell et al. v. Ken Salazar et al. Updated List of Federally Mandated Exclusions From Income The following updated list of federally mandated exclusions supersedes the notice published in the Federal Register on December 14, 2012. The following list of program benefits is the comprehensive list of benefits that currently qualify for the income exclusion in either any Federal program or in specific Federal programs (exclusions (viii), (xiii), (xxi), and (xxii) have provisions that apply only to specific HUD programs): (i) The value of the allotment provided to an eligible household under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2017(b)); (ii) Payments to volunteers under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5044(f)(1), 5058); (iii) Certain payments received under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1626(c)); (iv) Income derived from certain submarginal land of the United States that is held in trust for certain Indian tribes (25 U.S.C. 459e); (v) Payments or allowances made under the Department of Health and VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:09 May 19, 2014 Jkt 232001 Human Services’ Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (42 U.S.C. 8624(f)); (vi) Income derived from the disposition of funds to the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians (Pub. L. 94–540, section 6); (vii) The first $2000 of per capita shares received from judgment funds awarded by the National Indian Gaming Commission or the U.S. Claims Court, the interests of individual Indians in trust or restricted lands, and the first $2000 per year of income received by individual Indians from funds derived from interests held in such trust or restricted lands (25 U.S.C. 1407–1408). This exclusion does not include proceeds of gaming operations regulated by the Commission; (viii) Amounts of scholarships funded under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070), including awards under federal work-study programs or under the Bureau of Indian Affairs student assistance programs (20 U.S.C. 1087uu). For section 8 programs only (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial assistance in excess of amounts received by an individual for tuition and any other required fees and charges under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an institution of higher education (as defined under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall not be considered income to that individual if the individual is over the age of 23 with dependent children (Pub. L. 109–115, section 327) (as amended); (ix) Payments received from programs funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056g); (x) Payments received on or after January 1, 1989, from the Agent Orange Settlement Fund (Pub. L. 101–201) or any other fund established pursuant to the settlement in In Re Agent Orange Liability Litigation, M.D.L. No. 381 (E.D.N.Y.); (xi) Payments received under the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96–420, 25 U.S.C. 1728); (xii) The value of any child care provided or arranged (or any amount received as payment for such care or reimbursement for costs incurred for such care) under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858q); (xiii) Earned income tax credit (EITC) refund payments received on or after January 1, 1991, for programs administered under the United States Housing Act of 1937, title V of the Housing Act of 1949, section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, and sections 221(d)(3), 235, and PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 28939 236 of the National Housing Act (26 U.S.C. 32(l)); (xiv) Payments by the Indian Claims Commission to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of Yakima Indian Nation or the Apache Tribe of Mescalero Reservation (Pub. L. 95–433); (xv) Allowances, earnings and payments to AmeriCorps participants under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12637(d)); (xvi) Any allowance paid under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 1833(c) to children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida (38 U.S.C. 1802–05), children of women Vietnam veterans born with certain birth defects (38 U.S.C. 1811–16), and children of certain Korean service veterans born with spina bifida (38 U.S.C. 1821). (xvii) Any amount of crime victim compensation (under the Victims of Crime Act) received through crime victim assistance (or payment or reimbursement of the cost of such assistance) as determined under the Victims of Crime Act because of the commission of a crime against the applicant under the Victims of Crime Act (42 U.S.C. 10602(c)); (xviii) Allowances, earnings, and payments to individuals participating in programs under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2931(a)(2)); (xix) Any amount received under the Richard B. Russell School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(e)) and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1780(b)), including reduced-price lunches and food under the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); (xx) Payments, funds, or distributions authorized, established, or directed by the Seneca Nation Settlement Act of 1990 (25 U.S.C. 1774f(b)); (xxi) Payments from any deferred U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs disability benefits that are received in a lump sum amount or in prospective monthly amounts (42 U.S.C. § 1437a(b)(4)); (xxii) Compensation received by or on behalf of a veteran for service-connected disability, death, dependency, or indemnity compensation as provided by an amendment by the Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–269; 25 U.S.C. 4103(9)) to the definition of income applicable to programs authorized under the Native American Housing Assistance and SelfDetermination Act (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) and administered by the Office of Native American Programs; (xxiii) A lump sum or a periodic payment received by an individual E:\FR\FM\20MYN1.SGM 20MYN1 28940 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 97 / Tuesday, May 20, 2014 / Notices Indian pursuant to the Class Action Settlement Agreement in the case entitled Elouise Cobell et al. v. Ken Salazar et al., 816 F.Supp.2d 10 (Oct. 5, 2011 D.D.C.), for a period of one year from the time of receipt of that payment as provided in the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–291); (xxiv) Any amounts in an ‘‘individual development account’’ as provided by the Assets for Independence Act, as amended in 2002 (Pub. L. 107–110, 42 U.S.C. 604(h)(4)); (xxv) Per capita payments made from the proceeds of Indian Tribal Trust Cases as described in PIH Notice 2013– 30 ‘‘Exclusion from Income of Payments under Recent Tribal Trust Settlements’’ (25 U.S.C. 117b(a)); and (xxvi) Major disaster and emergency assistance received by individuals and families under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93–288, as amended) and comparable disaster assistance provided by States, local governments, and disaster assistance organizations (42 U.S.C. 5155(d)). Dated: May 12, 2014. Deborah A. Hernandez, General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. Laura M. Marin, Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing—Associate Deputy Federal Housing Commissioner. [FR Doc. 2014–11688 Filed 5–19–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–67–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS–HQ–RF–2014–NXXX; FXRS12630900000–145–FF09R81000] Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; National Wildlife Refuge Special Use Permit Applications and Reports Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice; request for comments. AGENCY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This information collection is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2014. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. However, under OMB regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is pending at OMB. DATES: You must submit comments on or before June 19, 2014. ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at OMB– OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or OIRA_ Submission@omb.eop.gov (email). SUMMARY: Number of respondents Activity Please provide a copy of your comments to the Service Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail), or hope_grey@fws.gov (email). Please include ‘‘1018–0102’’ in the subject line of your comments. To request additional information about this ICR, contact Hope Grey at hope_ grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482 (telephone). You may review the ICR online at https://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department of the Interior collections under review by OMB. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Information Collection Request OMB Control Number: 1018–0102. Title: National Wildlife Refuge Special Use Permit Applications and Reports, 50 CFR 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 36. Type of Request: Extension of a previously approved collection. Service Form Numbers: 3–1383–G, 3– 1383–C, and 3–1383–R. Description of Respondents: Individuals and households; businesses and other for-profit organizations; nonprofit organizations; farms; and State, local, or tribal governments. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit. Frequency of Collection: On occasion. Completion time per response (in hours) Number of responses Total annual burden hours 13,630 1,212 303 606 13,630 1,212 303 606 12 ⁄ 4 5 1⁄2 6,816 4,848 1,515 303 Totals ........................................................................................................ emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES Form 3–1383–G ............................................................................................... Form 3–1383–C ............................................................................................... Form 3–1383–R ............................................................................................... Activity Reports ................................................................................................ 15,751 15,751 ........................ 13,482 Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $121,200 for fees associated with applications for commercial use activities. Abstract: The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd–668ee) (Administration Act), as amended by the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, consolidated all refuge units into a single National Wildlife Refuge System (System). It also authorized us to offer visitor and public programs, including those facilitated by commercial visitor and management support services, on lands of the System VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:09 May 19, 2014 Jkt 232001 when we find that the activities are appropriate and compatible with the purpose for which the refuge was established and the System’s mission. The Refuge Recreation Act of 1962 (16 U.S.C. 460k–460k–4) (Recreation Act) allows the use of refuges for public recreation when it is not inconsistent or does not interfere with the primary purpose(s) of the refuge. The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) (ANILCA) provides specific authorization and guidance for the administration and management of national wildlife refuges within the State of Alaska. Its provisions PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 provide for the issuance of permits under certain circumstances. We issue special use permits for a specific period as determined by the type and location of the management activity or visitor service provided. These permits authorize activities such as: • Agricultural activities (haying and grazing, 50 CFR 29.1 and 29.2). • Beneficial management tools that we use to provide the best habitat possible on some refuges (50 CFR 30.11, 31.14, 31.16, and 36.41). E:\FR\FM\20MYN1.SGM 20MYN1

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5741-N-01]


Federally Mandated Exclusions From Income--Updated Listing

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal 
Housing Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD's regulations provide for HUD to periodically publish in 
the Federal Register a notice that lists amounts specifically excluded 
by any Federal statute from consideration as income for purposes of 
determining eligibility or benefits in a HUD program. HUD last 
published a notice that listed Federally mandated exclusions from 
consideration of income on December 14, 2012. This notice replaces the 
previously published version adds a new exclusion, includes an 
inadvertent omission, and corrects two previously listed exclusions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the Rent Supplement, section 236, 
and Project-based section 8 programs administered under 24 CFR parts 
880, 881, and 883 through 886: Yvette Viviani, Director, Housing 
Assistance Policy Division, Office of Housing Assistance and Grant 
Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Room 6138, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number 202-708-
3000. For other section 8 programs administered under 24 CFR part 882 
(Moderate Rehabilitation) and under part 982 (Housing Choice Voucher), 
and the Public Housing Programs: Shauna Sorrells, Director, Office of 
Public Housing Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 
4206, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number 202-402-2769, or the 
Public and Indian Housing Information Resource Center at 1-800-955-
2232. For Indian Housing Programs: Rodger Boyd, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Native American Programs, Office of Public and 
Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Room 4126, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number 202-401-
7914. With the exception of the telephone number for the PIH 
Information Resource Center, these are not toll-free numbers. Persons 
with hearing or speech impairments may access these numbers via TTY by 
calling the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 or by visiting 
https://federalrelay.us/ or https://www.federalip.us/.
    Please note: Members of the public who are aware of other federal 
statutes that require any benefit not listed in this notice to be 
excluded from consideration as income in these programs should submit 
information about the statute and the benefit program to one of the 
persons listed in the ``For Further Information Contact'' section 
above. Members of the public may also submit this information to the 
Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 10276, Washington, DC 
20410-0500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under several HUD programs (Rent Supplement 
under 24 CFR 200.1303 (although loans in existence immediately before 
May 1, 1996, continue to be governed by 24 CFR part 215 (1995 ed.)); 
Mortgage Insurance and Interest Reduction Payment for Rental Projects 
under 24 CFR part 236; section 8 Housing Assistance programs; Public 
Housing programs), the definition of income excludes amounts of other 
benefits specifically excluded by federal law.

Background

    In certain HUD-subsidized housing programs, annual income is a 
factor in determining eligibility and the level of benefits. Annual 
income is broadly defined as the anticipated total income from all 
sources received by every family member. Federal statutes that require 
certain income sources be disregarded as income are universally 
applicable to all HUD programs where income is a factor in determining 
eligibility and benefits. Other Federal statutes specify that income 
exclusions are specific to certain HUD programs. As directed by various 
statutes, HUD excludes from consideration of income certain types of 
benefits from

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applicants' and participants' annual income, as listed in 24 CFR 5.609, 
this notice, or otherwise specified by statute.

Changes to the Previously Published List

    HUD last published in the Federal Register a notice of Federally 
mandated exclusions from income on December 14, 2012, at 77 FR 74496. 
Today's notice replaces the previously published version by adding a 
new exclusion, including an inadvertent omission, and correcting two 
previously listed exclusions:
    (1) Adds exclusion of any amounts in an ``individual development 
account'' as provided by the Assets for Independence Act, as amended in 
2002 (Pub. L. 107-110, 42 U.S.C. 604(h)(4)), listed as exclusion 
(xxiv);
    (2) Includes previously omitted exclusion of any allowance paid 
under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 1833(c) to children of Vietnam 
veterans born with spina bifida (38 U.S.C. 1802-05), children of women 
Vietnam veterans born with certain birth defects (38 U.S.C. 1811-16), 
and children of certain Korean service veterans born with spina bifida 
(38 U.S.C. 1821)), listed as exclusion (xvi);
    (3) Clarifies the criteria for Section 8 participants for exclusion 
(viii); and
    (4) Corrects the timeline of exclusion (xxiii) for settlements 
payments pursuant to the case entitled Elouise Cobell et al. v. Ken 
Salazar et al.

Updated List of Federally Mandated Exclusions From Income

    The following updated list of federally mandated exclusions 
supersedes the notice published in the Federal Register on December 14, 
2012. The following list of program benefits is the comprehensive list 
of benefits that currently qualify for the income exclusion in either 
any Federal program or in specific Federal programs (exclusions (viii), 
(xiii), (xxi), and (xxii) have provisions that apply only to specific 
HUD programs):
    (i) The value of the allotment provided to an eligible household 
under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2017(b));
    (ii) Payments to volunteers under the Domestic Volunteer Service 
Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5044(f)(1), 5058);
    (iii) Certain payments received under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1626(c));
    (iv) Income derived from certain submarginal land of the United 
States that is held in trust for certain Indian tribes (25 U.S.C. 
459e);
    (v) Payments or allowances made under the Department of Health and 
Human Services' Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (42 U.S.C. 
8624(f));
    (vi) Income derived from the disposition of funds to the Grand 
River Band of Ottawa Indians (Pub. L. 94-540, section 6);
    (vii) The first $2000 of per capita shares received from judgment 
funds awarded by the National Indian Gaming Commission or the U.S. 
Claims Court, the interests of individual Indians in trust or 
restricted lands, and the first $2000 per year of income received by 
individual Indians from funds derived from interests held in such trust 
or restricted lands (25 U.S.C. 1407-1408). This exclusion does not 
include proceeds of gaming operations regulated by the Commission;
    (viii) Amounts of scholarships funded under title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070), including awards under federal 
work-study programs or under the Bureau of Indian Affairs student 
assistance programs (20 U.S.C. 1087uu). For section 8 programs only (42 
U.S.C. 1437f), any financial assistance in excess of amounts received 
by an individual for tuition and any other required fees and charges 
under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from 
private sources, or an institution of higher education (as defined 
under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall not be 
considered income to that individual if the individual is over the age 
of 23 with dependent children (Pub. L. 109-115, section 327) (as 
amended);
    (ix) Payments received from programs funded under title V of the 
Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056g);
    (x) Payments received on or after January 1, 1989, from the Agent 
Orange Settlement Fund (Pub. L. 101-201) or any other fund established 
pursuant to the settlement in In Re Agent Orange Liability Litigation, 
M.D.L. No. 381 (E.D.N.Y.);
    (xi) Payments received under the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act 
of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-420, 25 U.S.C. 1728);
    (xii) The value of any child care provided or arranged (or any 
amount received as payment for such care or reimbursement for costs 
incurred for such care) under the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858q);
    (xiii) Earned income tax credit (EITC) refund payments received on 
or after January 1, 1991, for programs administered under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, title V of the Housing Act of 1949, section 
101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, and sections 
221(d)(3), 235, and 236 of the National Housing Act (26 U.S.C. 32(l));
    (xiv) Payments by the Indian Claims Commission to the Confederated 
Tribes and Bands of Yakima Indian Nation or the Apache Tribe of 
Mescalero Reservation (Pub. L. 95-433);
    (xv) Allowances, earnings and payments to AmeriCorps participants 
under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12637(d));
    (xvi) Any allowance paid under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 1833(c) 
to children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida (38 U.S.C. 1802-
05), children of women Vietnam veterans born with certain birth defects 
(38 U.S.C. 1811-16), and children of certain Korean service veterans 
born with spina bifida (38 U.S.C. 1821).
    (xvii) Any amount of crime victim compensation (under the Victims 
of Crime Act) received through crime victim assistance (or payment or 
reimbursement of the cost of such assistance) as determined under the 
Victims of Crime Act because of the commission of a crime against the 
applicant under the Victims of Crime Act (42 U.S.C. 10602(c));
    (xviii) Allowances, earnings, and payments to individuals 
participating in programs under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2931(a)(2));
    (xix) Any amount received under the Richard B. Russell School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(e)) and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1780(b)), including reduced-price lunches and food under the Special 
Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC);
    (xx) Payments, funds, or distributions authorized, established, or 
directed by the Seneca Nation Settlement Act of 1990 (25 U.S.C. 
1774f(b));
    (xxi) Payments from any deferred U.S. Department of Veterans 
Affairs disability benefits that are received in a lump sum amount or 
in prospective monthly amounts (42 U.S.C. Sec.  1437a(b)(4));
    (xxii) Compensation received by or on behalf of a veteran for 
service-connected disability, death, dependency, or indemnity 
compensation as provided by an amendment by the Indian Veterans Housing 
Opportunity Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-269; 25 U.S.C. 4103(9)) to the 
definition of income applicable to programs authorized under the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) (25 
U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) and administered by the Office of Native American 
Programs;
    (xxiii) A lump sum or a periodic payment received by an individual

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Indian pursuant to the Class Action Settlement Agreement in the case 
entitled Elouise Cobell et al. v. Ken Salazar et al., 816 F.Supp.2d 10 
(Oct. 5, 2011 D.D.C.), for a period of one year from the time of 
receipt of that payment as provided in the Claims Resolution Act of 
2010 (Pub. L. 111-291);
    (xxiv) Any amounts in an ``individual development account'' as 
provided by the Assets for Independence Act, as amended in 2002 (Pub. 
L. 107-110, 42 U.S.C. 604(h)(4));
    (xxv) Per capita payments made from the proceeds of Indian Tribal 
Trust Cases as described in PIH Notice 2013-30 ``Exclusion from Income 
of Payments under Recent Tribal Trust Settlements'' (25 U.S.C. 
117b(a)); and
    (xxvi) Major disaster and emergency assistance received by 
individuals and families under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93-288, as amended) and 
comparable disaster assistance provided by States, local governments, 
and disaster assistance organizations (42 U.S.C. 5155(d)).

    Dated: May 12, 2014.
Deborah A. Hernandez,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
Laura M. Marin,
Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing--Associate 
Deputy Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 2014-11688 Filed 5-19-14; 8:45 am]
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